The research used large datasets of Duroc and Yorkshire pigs to show how relatedness distorts standard measures of so-called ...

LONE TREE — Chad Yoder has enough on his plate with a full-time job as an animal health consultant, a sideline of raising Duroc pigs and a family that includes three boys under age 10. That’s why ...

Adipose tissue is a crucial energy-regulating organ in mammals, responsible not only for storing excess energy but also participating in body ...

Duroc, he said with conviction, is the best hog breed by far. The statement was the opening salvo in what became a long-winded argument because Dad countered that Chester Whites were much better. It ...

NICOLETT, Minn. — While COVID-19 nudged many livestock producers into branded meat marketing, one family – the Comparts of Nicollet — have been at it for 20 years. Compart Family Farms Premium Duroc ...